Cartridge-carrier.



No. 677,203. Patented June 25, I90L. E. T. GIBSON.

CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

v (Application filed Feb. 3; 1900.) (No Model.)

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WITNESSES A TTOHNEYS NlTE mats EDXVARD TINKHAM GIBSON, OF THE UNITEDSTATES ARMY.

CARTRIDGE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,203, dated June 25,1901.

Application filed February 3, 1900. Serial No. 3,886. (No modeh) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDW'ARD TINKHAM GIB- SON, of the United States Army,stationed at structions hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of-the surface of acontinuous blank of stout Manila paper as it appears after be ing cut inthe proper shape and provided with creased or scored lines, on which itis bent to form a case in which is placed the number of cartridgesrequired to fill the magazine of the gun. Fig. 2 is a front perspectiveview of the paper case. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of theerect paper case containing its complement of cartridges. Fig. 4 is aleft end view of the paper case with the paper end removed to expose thepercussion ends of the cartridges as they lie in the paper case, and theportion D is bent to form a cover to'the case. Fig. 5 is a longitudinalsection of the erect paper case through the center of the uppermost ofits complement of cartridges. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of themagazine of a Krag-Jorgenson rifle and a left end view of the paper casewith the paper end removed to expose the percussion ends of thecartridges as they lie in the inverted paper case and about to pour fromthe case into the magazine of the rifle. Fig. 7 is a view of the surfaceof a blank of Manila paper as it appears after being cut in the propershape and provided with a number of leaves or tongues formed from thesubstance of the blank (or otherwise attached, if desired) and attachedby one margin to the blank to admit of the said leaves being interposedbetween the cartridges when the latter and the paper blank are bothplaced in the paper case; and Fig.

8 is a front perspective view of a paper case with the paper forming thefront removed and exhibits its complement of cartridges separated onefrom another by the interposition of the leaves or tongues formed on thepaper blank shown in Fig. 7.

In the drawings, A is a blank of Manila paper, divided by the twonearly-parallel scored lines a anda, so as to form the base portion Aand the side portions A and A One extremity of the said base portion Ais separated from' the strip A by a scored line a formed at a-rightangle to the scored line a, while the "other extremity of the said baseportion is separated from the strip A by the scored line a formed at aright angle to the scored line a. This strip A is, on account of theapproaching-of the said scored lines a, and to, necessarily narrowerthan the said strip A. The said sideportion A is provided at rightangles with its lower and free margin with the two parallel scored linesof and a which respectively separate from the said side portion A theportions B and B. The side portion A is likewise provided at rightangles with its upper and free margin with two parallel scored lines orand (1 which respectively separate from the said side portions A theportions B and B Attached to the said portion 13*, but separated from itby a scored line b, is a strip O', provided with a slot 0. Attachcd tothe said side portion B but separated from it bya scored line b, is astrip C, provided with a tongue c',which is constructed to be passedthrough and locked in the said slit 0 when the blank of paper is bent onthe said various scored lines into the box form, which makes of it acase in which is placed the complement of cartridges required to fillthe magazine of a breech-loading gun. WVhile the said scored lines a anda are at right an-' gles with the free margin of the said portion A yetthey are not at right angles with the said scored lines a and a, as thesaid scored lines 6L7 and a are only five-eighths as long as r the saidscored lines a and a The object of this difference in length is to causeone end with a scored line at, which separates it from the portion D.\Vhen the paper blank is bent on its various scored lines to form acase, the free margins d d d d d d d d will be on alevel with the saidscored line d. This will result (see Fig. 2) in the free margins of thetwo ends E and E of the case and the front side E beingexactly on thesame level as the scored line 61 in the back side E of the case; but thesaid portion D of the back side will project four-tenths of an inchhigher, and thereby afford a flap, which may be bent on the said scoredline d to extend over the top of the erect paper case, as is indicatedin Fig. at, and which by reason of its narrowness will not impede theflow of the cartridges from the paper case when the latter is inverted,as shown in Fig. 6. Continuous with the said flap portion D is a portionD, having a gummed portion D which when the flap is bent over the top ofthe case, as shown in Fig. 4, may be caused to adhere to the surface ofthe front of the paper case, thereby holding down the cover-flap D. Astroke of the soldiers finger-nail against the portion D will tear theportion D away from the cover-flap D between the slits D and D To formthis paper blank into a case, the portion A is bent on the scored line ato a vertical position and at right angles with the portion A. Theportion A is bent forward on the scored line a to a vertical positionand at right angles with the portion A. The strip A is bent upward onthe scored line a to a vertical position at right angles with theportion A. The strip A is also bent upwardly on the scored line a to avertical position at right angles with the portion A. The portion B isnow bent forward on the scored line a to a right angle with the portionA and to overlap the said strip A The portion B is bent forward on thescored line a to a right angle with the portion A and to overlap thesaid strip A The portion B is now bent backwardly on the scored line ato a right angle with the portion A and to overlap the said portion B.The portion B is bent backwardly on the scored line. a to a right anglewith the portion A and to overlap the said portion B. The portion 0 isthen bent forward on the scored line b to a right angle with the portionB and to overlap the said portion'A The portion 0 is now bent forward onthe scored lineb to a right angle with the portion B and to overlap thesaid portion A The tongue 0' is now passed through the slot'c and lockedinto it. This folding of the blank A gives us the paper case shown inFig. 2, and in which, viewed from the front, E is the left-hand end; E,the right end; E the front; E the opening to the interior of the case; Ethe bottom; 0 and O, the

portions of the paper blank which are locked together by means of thetongue 0 and slot 0, and D the covering-flap, with its fasteningextension D.

As hereinbefore stated, the portion A of case is wider at its left-handextremity than it is at its right, and. for this reason the portions A,B and B of the blank are made wider than are the portions A B and B.This causes the paper case to be narrower at its short end E than it isat its long end E. This narrowing of the interior of the paper case fromits end E to its end E is necessary because the cartridges which it isto contain are to lie in a single column--one on top of the other-as isshown by F in Fig. 3, and as the percussion extremities f are of greaterdiameter than the bullet extremities the interior of the paper case musttend to conform to this shape of the cartridges in order to firmlysupport them in column.

The constructing of the end E of the paper case of a depth three'eighthsless than that of its opposite end E, I also find necessary for thefollowing reasons, viz: first, it causes such a compact bunching of thecartridges together, (see Fig. 3,) by reason their bullet ends being ofless diameter than their percussion ends, that they cannot rattle orpound each other, and, second, I find that to insure a quick andunbungling passage of the cartridges F into the magazine G of the gun(see Fig. 6) when the bottom E of the paper case is elevated above thelevel of its opening E the fact has to be taken into consideration thatthe percussion ends of the cartridges are of greater diameter than thebullet ends, and therefore roll faster, and to make up for this gain inspeed the bullet ex tremities must be placed nearer the mouth of thecase than the percussion ends.

In Fig. 6 it will be observed that as the five cartridges (shown bydotted circles F) lie in the magazine of a Krag'Jorgenson rifle theleft-hand extremity of the row curves upwardly toward the bore 4 of thegun-barrel. By holding the rifle somewhat rotated downward to the leftwhen the cartridges F are poured from the paper case E E E E in Fig. 6into the magazine G of the gun the cartridges will readily glide intothe positions indicated by the dotted circles F.

As hereinbefore stated, my paper case is so shaped as to bunch thecartridges together so compactly that they cannot pound each other; butin order to be prepared to interpose strips of paper between them shouldit be deemed advisable by the users of my invention and at the same timenot interfere with the free running of the cartridges from the papercase I have invented an intervening piece. (Shown in Figs. 7 and 8.)This intervening piece consists of a blank of Manila paper, Fig. 7,comprised of a portion I and a portion J, the latter separated from theformer by a scored line j. The said portion 1 is of the same shape anddimensions as the portion A of the paper blank A, Fig. 1, and the saidportion J is of ,the'same shape and dimensions as the portion B of thepaper blank A, Fig. 1. The upper margin of the said portion I the blankwhich forms the bottom'E of the l is denoted-by the letter i. The saidportion I is provided with scored lines K, running horizontally acrossits face and tending to converge at a distant point at the right of andon a level with the said upper margin i of the said portion Iin otherwords, conforming to the long diameter of the cartridges F, Fig. 3, asthey lie when inclosed in the paper case. Above each of the said scoredlines K is an incised line L,which is parallel with the scored lineabove it. The incised lines L are connected at both of their extremitiesby incised lines L to the scored lines immediately beneath them, thusforming leaves Q or tongues, which are attached by one margin to thebody of the portion 1. The said portion J is provided with horizontalscored lines m, running parallel with the upper margin 1; of the portionI, and above each scored line m is a parallel incised line 01, connectedby each of its extremities to it by incised lines at, thus formingleaves P or tongues, which are attached by one margin to the body of theportion J. Then this intervening piece is employed, Fig. 8, it may belaid on the face of the portion A of the blank, Fig. 1, and thecartridges be placed upon it and separated from each other by bendingthe portion J on its scored linej to a right angle with the face of theportion 1, bending the tongues P on their scored lines on to a rightangle with the face of the portion J and inserting the said tonguesP'between the percussion extremities of the cartridges F, bending theleaves Q on their scored lines K to an angle with the face of theportion I and inserting the said leaves Q between the bodies of thecartridges, and then bending the paper blank A, Fig. 1, on its scoredlines, as has hereinbefore been explained, to incase the cartridges andthe intervening piece and locking the described tongue 0' in the slot 0,Fig. 2. The cartridges will readily roll out of the paper case when theintervening piece is constructed as herein described. To guard againstthe intervening'piece itself sliding out of the case at the time thecartridges are poured out of it, it may be secured to the por= tion AFig. 1, of the case by means of a daub of mucilage.

The paper case hereinbefore described for holding the number ofcartridges required to fill the magazine of the Krag-Jorgenson gun mustnecessarily have its open end held at an elevation above the floor ofthe gun-magazine in order to admit of the cartridges being dischargedfrom the inverted case into the magazine, for if the edges of the openend were allowed to rest in contact with the said floor the cartridgescould notescape.

Ordinarily soldiers will insert the open end of the inverted paper caseinto the magazine till its edges strike the floor and will then elevateit sufficiently to let the cartridges escape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a cartridge-carrier a cartridge-case CDLTD provided with an intervening piece having separating leaves ortongues adapted to lie between the adjacent cartridges said leaves beingfree at one edge whereby they may readily close in the withdrawal of thecartridges.

2. A cartridge-carrier formed from a continuous blank of paper bent onscored or creased lines to form a case having its mouth opposite itsbottom, and one extremity of its bottom at one end of the case nearerthe level of its mouth than is the extremity at the opposite end; havingthe ends and lateral sides of the case at approximately right angleswith the mouth; having the lateral sides of the case at the small endthereof approaching nearer each other than at its opposite or long end;and in which the walls of the case are retained in their proper relationto each other by a strip which is indetachably attached by one extremityto the small end of one of the lateral sides of the case and whichtransversely crosses the long diameter of the small end of the case andis then bent down upon the outer surface of the lateral side of the casewhich is opposite to the lateral side to which the said strip isindetachably attached, and locked by its free extremity with the freeextremity of a second strip which transversely crosses the long diameterof the long end of the case and is indetaehably attached to the long endof the same lateral side of the case to which the first said strip isattached.

3. A blank for a cartridge-carrier comprising the two side sections inthe form of truncated right-angle triangles, the base-section in theform of a truncated triangle whose base connects those of the sidesections, and Whose sides unite with the hypotenuses of the sidesections, a laterally-projected strip on one end of one of the sidesections and ex tending at a right angle with its base from its shortend, and another strip on the other end of such side section, the freeextremities of the two said strips being fashioned to lock with eachother.

at. A blank for a cartridge-carrier comprisin g two side-sectionsarranged longitudinally at an angle to each other and both made narrowertoward one end, and said side sections being connected by a bottomsection which is gradually reduced in width toward the narrow ends ofthe two side sections whereby the case produced from said blank will beshorter and narrower at one end than at the other; and one of the saidside sections hav I side wall of the case at a right angle with a ameterof that end of the case and is bent down upon the outer surface of theside wall opposite to the one to which it is attached, and another stripthat transversely crosses the long diameter of the other end of the caseand is indetachably attached to the same side as the first-named stripat the opposite end from thelatter, the free ends of the two stripsbeing locked together whereby to hold the walls of the case in theproper relation to each other.

6. Acartridge-carrier consisting of a single piece or blank of paperfolded to form a case for holding cartridges one upon another, and inwhich the mouth is open and the side walls, end walls, and bottom wallare held in their proper relation to each other by a detachable lockingconnection, and having at its mouth a cover-strip indetachably attachedby one of its margins to one side of the mouth and arranged to beattached by its opposite margin to the opposite side of the mouth, thesaid cover-strip being weakened at a point between the two said pointsof at taclnnent to admit of its being torn at the said point by a strokeof the finger.

7. Acartridge carrier consisting of a paper case having two sidesections in the form of truncated right-angle triangles; two endsections in the form of right-angled parallelograms; a bottom section inthe form of a truncated triangle whose base connects those of the sidesections and unites with an eX- tre'mity of one of the said endsections, the side of such bottom uniting with the hypotenuses of theside sections, and-its apex unites with an extremity of the other saidend section; the mouth of the case being opposite the said bottomsection and the cover of said 'said bottom section to the freelongitudinal margin of the said side section, and a second stripprojecting laterally from the long end of such side section at a rightangle with said line, the extremities of the two saidlaterallyprojecting strips being fashioned to be detachably lockedone'with the other, a strip attached by one extremity to the broad endof the bottom section so that the long diameter of the said strip iscontinuous with that of the said bottom section, and a strip at tachedby one extremity to the narrow end of the said bottom section so thatthe long diameter of the said strip is continuous with that of the saidbottom section.

9. A blank for a cartridge-carrier comprising the bottom piece in theform of a truncated triangle, the side sections in the form of truncatedright-angle triangles connected at their hypotenuses with the oppositein clined sides of the base and the end substan tially as describedwhereby the case when folded will gradually decrease in width toward oneend and will be higher at one end than at the other substantially as setforth.

EDWARD TINKHAM GIBSON.

\Vitnesses:

MAUD O. GIBSON, WESLEY A. STUART.

